GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |